9-letter words containing n, o, a, t, e
- tear into — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tenaillon — an outwork shoring up a ravelin
- tenon saw — a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons
- tensional — the act of stretching or straining.
- tentation — a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.
- tentorial — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- teratogen — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- testation — witness or evidence
- thanehood — the character or standing of a thane
- the wagon — Charles's Wain
- the woman — feminine nature or feelings
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- theomania — a delusional mental illness in which a person believes himself or herself to be God or specially chosen by God, as to found a religious order.
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- tirewoman — a lady's maid.
- toadstone — any of various stones or stonelike objects, formerly supposed to have been formed in the head or body of a toad, worn as jewels or amulets.
- toe dance — a dance performed on tiptoe
- toe-dance — to perform a toe dance.
- tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- tone-deaf — unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.
- torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- tornadoes — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- totaquine — a mixture of quinine and other alkaloids derived from cinchona bark, used as a substitute for quinine in treating malaria
- tottenham — a former borough, now part of Haringey, in SE England, N of London.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- toxaphene — an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- trazodone — a white crystalline powder, C 19 H 22 ClN 5 O, used in the treatment of major depression disorders.
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
- tremolant — having a tremulous or vibrating tone, as certain pipes of an organ.
- treponema — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- tritanope — a person who cannot distinguish the colour blue
- tycoonate — the office or position of a tycoon
- unaborted — (esp of a baby or pregnancy) not aborted or ended
- unadopted — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- undercoat — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- unlocated — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- unnotable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- unpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- unroasted — not roasted or cooked over dry heat
- valentino — Rudolph (Rodolpho d'Antonguolla) 1895–1926, U.S. motion-picture actor, born in Italy.
- venerator — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- vernation — the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.